NAME | Brearley | Samuel |
RANK | IN GREECE
Corporal |
ON DEMOB
Corporal |
SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
T/180477 |
PRISONER
5925, Marberg 1441, Spittal – (Hohenfels ??) |
UNIT | IN GREECE
RASC |
|
ACTIVE
|
IN GREECE
6 March – 28 April |
|
METHOD OF DEPARTURE
|
Ordered to surrender at Kalamata,
29th April 1941 |
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POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
Dulag 185, Corinth Dulag 183, Salonika |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
Stalag XVIIID, Marberg ArbKdo 296/L Altneudorfl, S Austria Oflag 111C, Spittal am der Drau Stalag 383 Hohenfels, Bavaria |
NOTES
1 Sam knew the Archivist’s father back home before the war (L/Cpl Norman Scott CMP) and teamed up with him in Dulag 185, Corinth, early May 1941. 2 Shared same cattle-trucks to Stalag XVIIID – my father’s PoW No was 5924. 3 Shared same farm accommodation when my father was in ArbKdo 233/L at Radkersberg, S Austria. 4 Wrote his memoirs as “Sam’s Saga”. 5 Died 3rd August 2012 aged 99. 6 Fellow thespian of Jack Swinnerton at Stalag 383 For more information please email us at greekveterans@gmail.com and we will forward your request to our Archivist Noah Scott |